History

Mycenaean Galley Reconstruction — Aegean Late Bronze Age (c. 1200–1050 BC) pic.twitter.com/9S62DoGpZq

— Remy06 (@Re_my_06) July 12, 2026

 

An Insight

Brown University is one of the most elite universities in the world.

All the students lie and cheat.

When they become politicians, doctors, lawyers, scientists, business leaders, they keep cheating.

If you wonder why things are the way they are, that is why. https://t.co/0H4Ek7yq4N

— Kevin Bass (@kevinnbass) July 10, 2026

 

I see wonderful things

🪰Everyone knows the dragonfly from childhood, but isn't it surprising to learn that before it flies, it is an aquatic insect?pic.twitter.com/ysAp0nKlfG

— Amazing Nature (@AmazingNature00) July 13, 2026

 

Offbeat Humor

Marry a woman who looks at you like a boat sales guy looks at you 😌 https://t.co/QzZcAxSlSi

— Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) July 12, 2026

 

Data Talks

It’s insane how the only racial violence the media really covers is white on black, which is statistically almost nonexistent. https://t.co/ab7pT3Dxdw

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 11, 2026

 

The Morning Ride, 1907 by Erik Henningsen

The Morning Ride, 1907 by Erik Henningsen (Denmark, 1855 - 1930)

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Favorable conditions never come.

From Learning in War-Time by C.S. Lewis.  A sermon preached in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin,

Oxford, Autumn, 1939.  

 There are always plenty of rivals to our work. We are always falling in love or quarreling, looking for jobs or fearing to lose them, getting ill and recovering, following public affairs. If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavorable.  Favorable conditions never come.

History

Carrots were originally purple, white, yellow, and red.

The orange carrots we know today became popular after Dutch farmers selectively bred them in the 16th–17th centuries. pic.twitter.com/dww5mtlFk2

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 12, 2026

 

An Insight

The overthrow of the Czar in Russia was motivated by two factors: inflation and the war. The initial desire on the part of reformers was to stop both and establish a republican form of government. The transition government led by Alexander Kerensky failed to achieve the goal,… pic.twitter.com/mn2HkYKUWW

— Jeffrey A Tucker (@jeffreytucker) July 11, 2026

 

I see wonderful things

There’s an episode from Cheers where Frasier and another guy are quoting from Richard II and Cyrano de Bergerac.

34 million Americans watched this episode. https://t.co/VZasvH2fBa pic.twitter.com/93AACnkMt5

— 🏛 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 🏛 (@nonregemesse) July 12, 2026